Lot 3422

Description

Domitian, (90-91 A.D.), silver denarius, Rome Mint, (3.22 g), issued in 88 B.C., obv. laureate head of Domitian to right around IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIIII, rev. IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva advancing to right on galley holding a shield in left hand and javelin in right hand, (cf.S.2729, RIC 91a, BMC 102, RSC 217a); Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 114-7, Rome mint, (3.01 g), obv. laureate bust draped to right of Trajan, around IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC, rev. Felicitas standing to left, holding cornucopiae and caduceus, around P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, (S.3150, RIC 343, RSC 278); another issued in 111, (3.19 g), rev. VESTA in exergue, around COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Vesta veiled seated to left holding a palladium an sceptre (cf.S.3172, RIC 237, RSC 645a). Lightly toned, rough surfaces on second coin, nearly very fine, scarce. (3)

Ex Hans Ferdinand Collection, previously from Regal Coin Co. in 1967 and 1968 and Stan Church in 1977.